Unit 10 Youre supposed to shake hands.单元话题阅读理解（含答案+解析） -2025年九年级英语下册单元重难点高频易错题专练（人教版）.docx

2025年

Unit10Youresupposedtoshakehands.

单元话题阅读理解

一、阅读理解

Readthepassageandchoosethebestanswers.

ImovedtotheSpanishcapital,Madrid,nearlytwomonthsago.IamhereforayearteachingEnglishinasecondaryschoolasalanguageassistant.BeforeIarrived,IthoughtIwouldbeabletoadapttoSpanishcultureveryeasily,butmyprevious(先前的)expectationshavebeenverydifferentfromthereality.

Firstly,IdidntrealisehowdifficultitwouldbetoadapttotheSpanishdayandthetimingsofmeals.Spanishmiddayisat14:00,meaninglunchisneverbeforethen.MyexpectationwasthatIdbeeatinglunchat12:00-13:00,butmostdaysits15:30beforeIeatlunch.CanIreallystillcallthislunch?!Itisthesamewithdinnerortea.IntheUKIeatdinnerbetween18:00and19:00,butnowmydinnertimeis21:30.

ThethingIdidntrealiseisthatthisaffectstheSpanishsleepingroutine.Eatingdinnersolateofcoursemeansgoingtobedsomuchlater.ItssuchaBritishthingtogotobedat22:00!Also,becauseeverythinghappenslaterinSpain,theeveningsocialisingtime,isverylate!MostBritishnightclubs,forexample,closeat02:00or03:00,butherethepartyisonlyjuststartingat02:00!Thisissomethingelsethathasreallysurprisedme.

QueuingpolitelyandbeingcarefularoundstrangersisalsosomethingthatisveryBritish,somethingthatIonlyrealisedwhenIarrivedinSpain.Itookitforgrantedthatqueuingpatientlyisthenorm,butthisisntthecaseinSpain.Iftheresafreetableinarestaurant,youquicklytakeit,evenifotherpeoplehavebeenwaitinglongerthanyou.

Moreover,themetroisonebigpushingaffair.However,thelackofBritishpolitenessisntallbad,asitreflectshowSpaniardsarentshyinpublic;beingfriendlyandtalkingtosomeoneyouvenevermetbeforeisconsiderednormalandisencouraged.PerhapswedsaythattheetiquetteofpolitelyqueuinginBritainisconnectedwitha